In 2018, New Life Psychiatric Rehabilitation Association introduced the Agency-based Speech Therapy Service, which provides speech therapy to ageing service users in Long Stay Care Homes, Hostels for Moderately Mentally Handicapped Persons and Supported Hostel. Targeted at staff of related service unit and family members/care-givers, it also offers consultation and demonstration on training programmes and treatment of individual service user.
In 2018, New Life Psychiatric Rehabilitation Association introduced the Agency-based Speech Therapy Service, which provides speech therapy to ageing service users in Long Stay Care Homes, Hostels for Moderately Mentally Handicapped Persons and Supported Hostel. Targeted at staff of related service unit and family members/care-givers, it also offers consultation and demonstration on training programmes and treatment of individual service user.
Clinical assessments on service users’ functioning in target training areas
Clinical consultations and treatments
Education and training for parents/care-givers/staff
- Service users may approach officer-in-charge or social worker of their respective units for referral to the service; or staff may recommend service users in need to social worker for making the referral.
- Speech therapist will conduct a screening assessment of the suitability for the service. If the service user is deemed suitable, an interview will be conducted to assess his/her needs and an individual rehabilitation plan will be formulated.
- When the aims of treatment have been achieved, service users would be discharged from the service; service users may also inform our speech therapist when they no longer need the service.
Free of charge
- Ageing service users